I practiced law for a lo-o-ong time. Doubt, disbelief, and challenge is a blood sport in the law, and nothing is accepted without solid, credentialed proof. Now, I hang around people who believe in magic, and the more I’m with them and the more I play with magical processes, the more I agree that there are wonderful, whimsical, magical forces guiding our lives. But I still think I’m rational and intelligent.
A couple of months ago I made a vision board–my experiment with the concept of influencing reality by regularly viewing inspiring images. I created a collage of African animals, illustrating a deep desire to someday visit the place where humankind first emerged and magnificent animals roam freely.
A few weeks later, I dreamed I was a heroine in a broad, gray-green African veldt, diverting a charging rhino from attacking the small children with me. Then, I met some wonderful South Africans in Chicago at our coaches’ convention. And I began to trade Facebook messages with a coach trainee who, unknown to me at the time, is South African.
And just last week, my lunch was served by a lovely South African woman who proudly told me about her beautiful country.
The idea of actually going to Africa in the near future never really occurred to me though. I could have given you very solid evidence of why and how it would probably never happen.
Just a few days ago, going to Africa existed only in a mélange of images on my vision board. And now it’s happening, and at warp speed. Next Saturday morning, I’ll begin a 26-hour flight to South Africa, to join Martha Beck and a small group of amazing people, many of whom I’ve met either in person or online in just the last month.
Coincidence or synchronicity? Until I glued those pictures to a slab of foam-core board and propped it up it my bedroom, I knew no South Africans, never had dreamt of Africa, and thought the chances I’d actually get there in my lifetime were wildly improbable.
Today, magic is looking like the rational choice of intelligent people. I can hardly wait to make my next vision board. Shall I visit the moon, or stay here on earth to become a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet?
And you? What are your wildly improbable dreams? Post them here, make a vision board, and tell everyone you know about your secret desires. Let your imagination run wild, and get excited with the realization that dreams really do come true, and magic just might be the force that makes them happen.
Go ahead and do it! It’s a rational, intelligent act.
Do you ever say “yes” or “maybe” when you really want to say “no?” Or do you muddle your “no” with explanations, excuses, or apologies?